12 Marmion Street

12 Marmion Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Late Victorian / Early Federation / Gothic Influences

No 12 Marmion Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and fibrous cement cladding with a hipped decramastic tiled roof. The place is a house in the Federation Bungalow style that has been modified in the Inter-War period. The original verandah has been filled in. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with an offset door flanked by four windows. The verandah is a full width skillion roofed verandah with corrugated iron roof sheeting. 

History

1916 For Sale, 2 Goats and Kid. No. 12 Marmion-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

1928 Wanted. Price for Rebuilding Shop and Dwelling. Apply 12 Marmion-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1909: Woodhead, George

1910: Hackett, Joseph

1911: Clements, John W.

1912: Forrester, John

1913 - 1914: Murray, Herbert

1915: Wilson, Robert

1916 - 1918: Pritchard, Henry T.

1919: Bird, Musgrove

1920: McCaffrey, William E.

1921 - 1924: Bird, Harry

1925 - 1935: Jackson, Alexander

1935 - 1936: Collins, Mrs Irene

1936 - 1939: Vacant

1939 - 1947: May, Alfred M.

1949: Buchanan, Stan G.